I would use a nest box that is opaque, with the only light into the nest coming through the hole in the top.

I would use damp peat moss and sphagnum moss mixed in the nest box.

I move the eggs from the nest box to the incubator where they rest on vermiculite or are suspended above water.

Just what I do. Don't know if it'll help. I don't have a definitive answer for when a snake is "bound up". Sorry

Doug T

>>Hey guys....I know it may take a while for a female to lay her eggs but all the talk of females getting eggbound has caused me to think a bit and post here. My female BT Cribo is looking really plump and I have given her a lay box with vermiculite in it and she has checked it out since shedding 8 days ago. I have given her total privacy as she has been quite nervous ever since being bred, striking glass etc...Questions is when should I be expecting eggs and how long after her shed is considered egg bound? Any tips on getting her to lay? Extra humidity? Different temps, etc? Do I just need more patience and a Valium?
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>>Any help would be appreciated....I am just an anxious father to be....Thanks!!

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• Pre-lay shed questions...........breeder help...... - bthacker, Sun Feb 26 21:40:49 2006
• RE: Pre-lay shed questions...........breeder help...... - Doug T, Mon Feb 27 02:01:57 2006
• RE: Pre-lay shed questions...........breeder help...... - Carmichael, Mon Feb 27 08:48:18 2006
• RE: Pre-lay shed questions...........breeder help...... - bthacker, Mon Feb 27 09:52:55 2006
• RE: Pre-lay shed questions...........breeder help...... - bthacker, Wed Mar 1 22:42:07 2006
• One more question............Help..... - bthacker, Wed Mar 1 23:22:50 2006
• RE: Perhaps it won't be- - epidemic, Thu Mar 2 10:56:02 2006
• RE: Sounds normal.. - epidemic, Thu Mar 2 11:01:33 2006
• Thanks Jeff....... - bthacker, Thu Mar 2 11:56:06 2006
• talk about time well spent............ - dan felice, Thu Mar 2 13:08:24 2006
• RE: Pre-lay shed questions...........breeder help...... - steve fuller, Mon Feb 27 16:36:45 2006